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EFF Lists Wi-Fi-Friendly ISPs

Posted by timothy on from the a-list dept.

trifster writes "It appears that *some* ISPs encourage Wi-Fi hotspots from users connections. Cnet News.com has the article here." The list itself is on the EFF's site. Most of the ISPs with policies against wireless NATing seem to turn a blind eye to it most of the time anyhow, though.

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  1. Re:I think that Speakeasy's CEO sums it up best by GigsVT · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, it makes sense. I mean if you ran an extension cord out your door and put a sign out "free electricity", I doubt the power company would have a problem with it at all. They would even happily install a new transformer on the pole for you if you wanted a bigger one so you could use more power.

    These ISPs that are tryign to be assholes obviously are operating on broken business plans. Overselling bandiwdth and then harassing your users into not using what you sold them isn't a valid business model.

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  2. Blind eyes... by jmegq · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Most of the ISPs with policies against wireless NATing seem to turn a blind eye to it most of the time anyhow, though.

    Timothy, that strikes me as a very irresponsible attitude in matters such as this. Didn't we say that about filesharing a year or two ago? Here at least is a case where we can vote with our patronage to companies that have good policies now, so they'll be around tomorrow when others have stopped turning a blind eye to it.